Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/25

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Subject: [Leica] Bad luck with Hong Kong battery
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 19:00:47 +0200
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Same here.

On the other hand, a Pentax battery I bought for my K5 seems to work as well 
as the original one, so far.

Cheers,
Nathan

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On May 25, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Ric Carter wrote:

> my luck is MUCH closer to Sonny's than Tina's
> 
> ric
> 
> 
> On May 25, 2011, at 1:08 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
> 
>> After both Dr. Ted and Tina said that they had had good experiences with 
>> M8/9 batteries from Hong Kong, I ordered one. I charged up that battery 
>> and put it in a drawer. A month later, I put it in the Leica and found 
>> that it was dead. OK, I thought, a month is quite a while, though Li ion 
>> batteries are not supposed to leak current. I recharged it and put it in 
>> the camera. Two days later, it was deader than a doornail.
>> 
>> I guess I got a lemon. Will have to order another one or two; damned if 
>> I'll pay Leica's price.
>> 
>> Herb
>> -- 
>> Herbert Kanner
>> kanner at acm.org
>> 650-326-8204
>> 
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>> for they are subtle and will pee
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